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Hope Chemistry Conference

Academic and industrial scientists willgather at Hope College on Friday, Oct. 6, for the secondannual Symposium on Analytical Chemistry.

The symposium will focus on analytical chemistryin pharmaceutical process development. Approximately 100will attend.

The conference will feature a plenary lecture byDr. Richard A. Mathies of the University of California atBerkeley. The event will also feature seminars by fiveinvited speakers from the pharmaceutical industry: Dr. MarkArgentine of Eli Lilly and Company, Dr. Michael Hawley ofPharmacia Corporation, Dr. Hong Shen of AventisPharmaceuticals Inc.; Dr. Daniel Sweeney of PharmaciaCorporation; and Dr. Thomas Zennie of Pfizer Global Researchand Development.

The symposium is part of the Hope CollegeChemistry Distinguished Scholars Program, which is fundedthrough a grant from Pfizer Global Research and Development. Established in 1977, the Distinguished Scholars Program isintended to enrich communication between academic andindustrial scientists and to provide students and practicingchemists with knowledge of new research developments.

The symposium is organized by Dr. William Mungalland Dr. Michael Seymour of the Hope chemistry faculty, andby Dan Belmont, Roger Brummel and Steve Hagen of PfizerGlobal Research and Development.